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Echinacea 'Art's Pride'
‘Art’s Pride’ is a coneflower that has no purple on it.
It is noted for having distinctive orange ray flowers, a sweet orange-spiced tea fragrance and semi-glossy dark green leaves.
‘Art’s Pride’ is a product of a breeding program conducted at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Parents for this variety were Echinacea purpurea ‘Alba’ (female) and Echinacea paradoxa (male).
It typically grows to 2-3’ tall on rigid stems. It features fragrant, daisy-like coneflowers (to 5” diameter) with orange to coppery-orange rays and large, pin cushion-like, dark brown central cones.
Flowers bloom from June to August with some sporadic later bloom. The rough, lanceolate, dark green leaves (4-8” long) are semi-glossy. U.S. Plant Patent PP15,090 issued August 17, 2004.
Lift and divide congested colonies in autumn or spring. In autumn cut back all dead flower stems to the ground. Coneflowers benefit from a spring or autumn mulch with well-rotted compost.
